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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Beorn react to the dwarves' talk of gold, silver and jewels?
(a) He ignores them, as he has no interest in treasures.
(b) He is intrigued and starts becoming greedy for a share of the treasure.
(c) He is angry and perplexed at their greed.
(d) He is amazed at the skill the dwarves talk about.

2. What is the most common building material used in Laketown?
(a) Stone.
(b) Iron.
(c) Rammed earth.
(d) Wood.

3. What weather forces the adventurers to seek shelter in a cave in Chapter 4?
(a) Hail and sleet.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A blizzard.
(d) A thunderstorm.

4. How does Bilbo find food while skulking around in the Elvenking's palace?
(a) He steals it from the stores or the table when nobody is looking.
(b) He slips out through the magic gates and goes hunting.
(c) He takes it out of the barrels sent to Esgaroth.
(d) He scrounges it off the rubbish heaps of the elves.

5. Whose hood and cloak does Bilbo borrow?
(a) Gandalf's.
(b) Gloin's.
(c) Thorin's.
(d) Dwalin's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of birds inhabit the area of the mountain and valleys closest to the Front Gate?

2. How does Bilbo manage to recognize Thorin after freeing him from the barrel?

3. Why does Smaug react with such great fury in Chapter 12?

4. What color is Thorin's hood?

5. How does Bilbo kill the spiders who have captured the dwarves in their webs?

(see the answer key)

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